>I don't really know what I'm talking about, but from a Canadian >perspective I think diesel is widely considered a "dirty" fuel (and it >sounds like the truth of this is what you're researching), but also it's >hard to start when it's minus 20 degrees, which is a real, if >surmountable, problem in this climate - this second point would also >apply to some areas in the US. > >Mike
Hello Mike The latest diesels are very clean. The fuel in the US is very dirty, and the sulfur content prevents the use of catalytic converters. Biodiesel doesn't contain any sulfur, and all emissions other than NOx are much lower, and the NOx problem can be solved with a simple timing adjustment, and/or a catalytic converter, and also with additives. The clean and efficient new Euro-diesels using biodiesel are an excellent answer. There's a lot of info on all this at the Biodiesel section at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel.html Biodiesel http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_future.html Do diesels have a future? And at Hakan's site: http://energy.saving.nu/biofuels/ Energy Saving Now! Best Keith > >>Hello All, > >> > >>I'm looking for a concise description of the differences between European > >>(global if you know) and US diesel fuel (BTU, Sulphur content, refinement > >>processes, etc), exhaust systems (Catalytic converters, emission controls, > >>etc), as well as any other significant combustion and/or emissions > >>differences. I'm trying to put together a complete but digestible > >>description of global diesel usage as well as the reasons for it's notable > >>lack of presence in the US. > >> > >>Thanks, > >>Thom > >> > > > >Hello Thom > > > >Good for you. Can't help much, but these might be useful: > > > >"Fuel Lubricity Reviewed", Paul Lacey, Southwest Research Institute, > >Steve Howell, > >MARC-IV Consulting, Inc., SAE paper number 982567, International >Fall Fuels and > >Lubricants Meeting and Exposition, October 19-22, 1998, San > >Francisco, California. > > > >Lubricity Benefits > >http://www.biodiesel.org/pdf_files/Lubricity.PDF > > > >Best > > > >Keith Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
